Sex differences in sum scores may be hard to interpret: The importance of measurement invariance

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Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-423

  Slof Op 't Landt, Margarita C T ^a,b,c   van Furth, E F ^a   Rebollo Mesa, I ^b   Bartels, M ^b   van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^b   Slagboom, P E ^b   Boomsma, D I ^b   Meulenbelt, I ^c   Dolan, C V ^d  

^a Center for Eating Disorders Ursula   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Eating disorders; Measurement invariance; Sex; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449718985     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109344827     Document Type: Article

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